NBA Announces Fifth Straight Round Of Zero Positive Test Results Amid First-Round Of Playoffs

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association announced zero players tested positive for the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, following another round of test results.

On Wednesday, August 19, the two parties said no new positive tests have occurred inside the bubble at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex since the last results were released on August 12.

“Of the 341 players tested for COVID-19 on the NBA campus since test results were last announced on Aug. 12, zero have returned confirmed positive tests,” the NBA and NBPA said in a statement.

This is the fifth consecutive round of zero positive test results announced by the league inside the NBA bubble in Florida.

The NBA and NBPA have announced the following: pic.twitter.com/JnEDp6SmtR

— NBA (@NBA) August 19, 2020

The announcement of zero positive COVID-19 test results has become a pattern for the NBA inside the Orlando bubble. Since the league’s announcement on July 20, no new positive tests for the virus have occurred inside the bubble.

In late July, ESPN’s Tim Bontemps reported that NBPA executive director Michele Roberts thinks a bubble might be necessary for the 2020-21 NBA season.

“If tomorrow looks like today, I don’t know how we say we can do it differently,” Roberts told ESPN. “If tomorrow looks like today, and today we all acknowledge — and this is not Michele talking, this is the league, together with the PA and our respective experts saying, ‘This is the way to do it’ — then that’s going to have to be the way to do it.”

The 2020 NBA Playoffs began on August 17.

The Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets are currently tied 1-1 in their first-round series.

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How Do I Prevent It?

The CDC has some simple recommendations, most of which are the same for preventing other respiratory illnesses or the flu:

• Avoid close contact with people who may be sick
• Avoid touching your face
• Stay home when you are sick
• Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue and then throw the tissue in the trash
• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom, before eating, and after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing. Always wash your hands with soap and water if your hands are visibly dirty.
• If soap and water are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.

How To Get Help

If you’re worried you may have COVID-19, you can contact the Utah Coronavirus Information Line at 1-800-456-7707 to speak to trained healthcare professionals. You can also use telehealth services through your healthcare providers.

Additional Resources

If you see evidence of PRICE GOUGING, the Utah Attorney General’s Office wants you to report it. Common items in question include toilet paper, water, hand sanitizer, certain household cleaners, and even cold medicine and baby formula. Authorities are asking anyone who sees price gouging to report it to the Utah Division of Consumer Protection at 801-530-6601 or 800-721-7233. The division can also be reached by email at consumerprotection@utah.gov.